''Andronymus'' is an
Afrotropical
The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...
genus of
grass skippers
Grass skippers or banded skippers are butterflies of the subfamily Hesperiinae, part of the skipper family, Hesperiidae. The subfamily was established by Pierre André Latreille in 1809.
Description and distribution
With over 2,000 described sp ...
in the family
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...
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Species
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Andronymus bjornstadi''
Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
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Andronymus caesar''
Fabricius, 1793
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Andronymus evander''
Mabille, 1890
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Andronymus fenestrella''
Bethune-Baker, 1908
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Andronymus fontainei''
T.B. Larsen & Congdon, 2012
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Andronymus gander''
Evans, 1947
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Andronymus helles''
Evans, 1937
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Andronymus hero''
Evans, 1937
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Andronymus marcus''
Usher, 1980
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Andronymus marina''
Evans, 1937
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Andronymus neander''
Plötz, 1884
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
External links
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 79
Erionotini
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by William Jacob Holland
Taxa described in 1896
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